Author Archives: Jonathon Cornett

UNC School of Medicine graduate students Oscar Arroyo from Daniel McKay’s lab and Aleah Bailey from Ilona Jasper’s lab, were among 50 students across the United States named as Gilliam Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

The UNC Clinical Genomic Analysis (GENYSIS) Core is a research service that collaborates with the BioSpecimen Processing (BSP) facility, the High-Throughput Sequencing Facility (HTSF), and the McLendon Molecular Genetics Laboratory (MGL) to provide clinical researchers with four main services.

UNC School of Medicine researchers Christopher Sayed, MD, Yun Li, PhD (Genetics), and Karen Mohlke, PhD (Genetics), discovered the genomic locations that contribute to the genetic risk of a chronic skin condition.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 15 papers during May 21st – June 3rd, 2023.

Hector Franco, PhD has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Genetics, effective June 1, 2023.

From pickleball to LEGO, Carolina researchers engage in a variety of hobbies to escape stressors that come with a career in academia.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 9 papers during May 7th – 20th, 2023.

Leading investigators offer ‘highly scientific, but patient-focused’ talks on women’s cancers at symposium

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during April 23rd – May 6th, 2023.

Mark Heise, PhD (Professor, Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology) was awarded a scientific research agreement from Moderna Therapeutics to utilize the Collaborative Cross (CC) to improve models to study the safety and immunogenicity of vaccines.